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26 Oct 2018
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst When this week's batch of Crop Progress numbers were released, the report was widely expected to show U.S. farmers had rapidly advanced their row-crop harvest pace. After all, we were shut down by snow and rain just a week before, and the industry was itching to get back to work. And back to work it went! Nati...
26 Oct 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Thursday touted President Donald Trump's push for year-round E15 and getting trade deals done. But ethanol champions expressed concern about uncertainty of EPA rule-making while farmers also voiced worries about income and finances to the secretary...
26 Oct 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- E15's move to year-round availability starting next year likely will face two potential barriers: the EPA's legal authority to make the move and a tight timeline set out by the agency. Ethanol industry leaders and other experts told reporters on Thursday they believe science supports E15 -- a blend of...
25 Oct 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- After five consecutive weeks of across-the-board, month-over-month increases in retail fertilizer prices, only six of the eight fertilizers tracked by DTN were higher for the third week of October 2018. Urea recorded the largest month-over-month increase of $21/ton to $405/ton. One year ago, urea pr...
25 Oct 2018
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Harvest is finally in full swing for Genny Haun and Kyle Krier. The two farmers have been reporting on the 2018 crop season as part of DTN's View From the Cab series. The growing part of the season had set the Ohio and Kansas farmers up for what they hoped would be o...